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</span>A study modeling Arctic sea ice at the Max Planck Institute indicates that an irreversible loss of sea ice in the region is unlikely this century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.nature.com/nclimate/2011/110301/full/nclimate1053.html"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.nature.com/nclimate/2011/110301/full/nclimate1053.html</font></a></p>
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</span>An energy storage system using liquid air is being piloted by a British energy company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The recovery efficiency is 50-70%.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
</font></font><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20928014.800-power-of-cool-liquid-air-to-store-clean-energy.html"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20928014.800-power-of-cool-liquid-air-to-store-clean-energy.html</font></a></p>
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</span>Researchers in Sweden say that storing brake energy as compressed air is cheaper for a hybrid auto than storing it in a battery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/mar/02/air-hybrid-cars-electric-cheaper"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/mar/02/air-hybrid-cars-electric-cheaper</font></a></p>
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</span>Georgia Tech’s Christopher Jones and his team are working on a process using amines to capture CO2 from ambient air.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/02/green-machine-sucking-co2-out.html"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/02/green-machine-sucking-co2-out.html</font></a></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>England’s third largest supermarket chain is selling 2.1 kilowatt solar power systems for around $16,000, installed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110302/lf_nm_life/us_sainsburys_solar"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110302/lf_nm_life/us_sainsburys_solar</font></a></p>
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</span>Germany’s solar installation costs are significantly lower than in the US.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>One factor is standardized permitting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
Local permitting difficulties can add $2,500 to the cost of a 5 kilowatt US home installation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/sunrun/"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/sunrun/</font></a></p>
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</span>An investment counselor’s look at utilities in the context of growth in distributed solar power raises interesting possibilities and issues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Utilities are in somewhat the position of newspapers a few years ago when the internet blossomed: increasing debt, decreasing market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>They have options, though, that the papers do not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/02/will-distributed-solar-drive-utilities-into-bankruptcy?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-March2-2011"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/02/will-distributed-solar-drive-utilities-into-bankruptcy?cmpid=WNL-Wednesday-March2-2011</font></a></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Given the climate cranks, crooks, and ideologues now controlling US legislation, the country may well find itself in quarantine from negotiations on climate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>US climate scientists, and their contributions to our awareness, will suffer from lack of support by their government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/richardblack/2011/02/us_climate_cuts_threaten_isolation.html"><font size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/richardblack/2011/02/us_climate_cuts_threaten_isolation.html</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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